Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges.
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October/November - 2016
I’d like to welcome everyone who made it to ATRA’s Expo 2016. This is our first time at the Paris Hotel and Casino, on the beautiful Vegas Strip. Its prime...
Virtually every manufacturer is offering its own version of an automatic/manual gearshift system, and Mazda is no exception. The Mazda system is called the...
We live in good and interesting times.
If you reside in America, you’re living in the most entrepreneurial country on the planet, where the amount of money...
GEARS Shopper advertising costs $325.00 for a one time insertion ad, (2 1/4 X 3) 2.25 X 3. Larger ads can be placed elsewhere in the magazine and are charged...
Ask a customer whom they’d prefer to have working on their car and you’ll likely get two answers:
When it comes to repairing the car, they want a master...
This month, we’ll look at how to use scan data to help identify a misfire. For an engine to run correctly, it needs three main things: compression, spark...
The RE5R05A was first introduced to the market in 2002 in the Infinity Q45. Several other vehicles used it in later years with some models such as the NV...
The A5HF1 has been on the road for some time now and there really isn’t a lot of tech info available for it. This unit appears in 2006–up Hyundai and...
Over the years, the Honda transmission has evolved from a simple, two-speed automatic, to a solenoid-laden behemoth. It’s the most unusual automatic...
When WIT opened its doors back in 1999, it had one underlying goal: to serve the transmission repair industry… whatever it takes. That goal was so pervasive...
When you’re playing a sport, sometimes it’s necessary to go back to basics to achieve your best performance. This applies to other things in our life as...
If you work on Subarus and like to save money, this article is for you. We have a very simple solution to a very expensive problem.
Lately it seems as though...
Time after time, you’ve heard from business advisors about the importance of “finding the need,” or “going the extra mile” for your customers. But...
While working on later model Nissan vehicles equipped with the RE0F10D CVT (figure 1), you’ll notice they’re using a much heavier push belt compared to the...